Hello There

I worked on a card today that will be posted over at the CAS this Sketch Challenge # 396. We were to use a Large Sentiment. I have a collection of die-cut sentiments which I do not use often enough. This challenge was a perfect one to break one out.

PRODUCTS USED:

SU's Rich Razzleberry for the base

MFT's Black and White Stripes 6x6 Paper Pack

Neenah Solar White 80#

MFT Hello There Die-namics

MFT  A2 Stitched Rectangle Die-namics Stax 1

I hope you have a great Monday Evening!

Stay Well and Stay Safe

Bernadette

Bring on the Balloons

Hi All! Just a quick post on this rainy day here in NC. I was in need of some stamp and paper therapy yesterday, although we did have some sun peeking out behind the clouds. 

I was playing around with this MFT's Die-Namics Birthday Balloons deciding on some images or dies to be used on birthday cards that I needed to add to my birthday stash. I haven't used this die very much and thought I would put it in my birthday stash bin and link it over at CAS Colour and Sketches.

This card was pretty straightforward. The die did not come with a stamp, so I just chose some SU solid color paper to cut out the balloons and the strings, added some white gel pen to the left side for shadow, and glued them to my white panel which I embossed with the SU Subtle 3D EF.  The sentiment is from MFT's Safari Party stamped with black ink on Just Jade and cut with MFT's Stitched Sentiment Strips. I cut the white background using MFT A2 Stitched Rectangle Die-namics STAX 1 and embossed it with SU's Subtle 3D EF. 

PAPER USED:

SU Calypso Coral for the card base

Neenah Solar White #110

SU Bumblebee, Just Jade, and Calypso Coral for the balloons

I hope you have a great Sunday and coming week.

Stay Safe and Stay Well!

Bernadette

Celebrate

 

I'm here today posting a card to put over on the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge.  I took a look through my stamp sets and came across this oldie but goodie from SU (2013) which also had a matching punch. I stamped and punch the images and glued them to the white panel. I hadn't used this set for a long time, but I decided it would work. I used the new IN COLORS by SU, Just Jade, and Misty Moonlight ink.

I stamped and punched the images and adhered them to the white panel. The word sentiment was layered to give it a little more stability using SU Gold Foil. I feel this card can be used for several different occasions. So it goes into my card bin waiting to see what it will be used for.

PRODUCTS USED:

SU Mosaic Madness

SU Paper, Just Jade, and Misty Moonlight

Neenah Solar Crest #110

MFT A2 Rectangle Stax 1

I'm headed off to help my hubby with dinner prep. I hope you had a great Wednesday!

Stay Well and Stay Safe

Bernadette

Peace and Happiness

 Well, I'm here today to post a card over a Freshly Made Sketches and being just under the wire for joining that challenge. I worked on it for several hours, but was, I feel successful in putting the final card together. 

Although I still was second-guessing myself about the different colored Green Trees. All the greens, by the way, are Stampin Up greens; Granny Apple Green, Shaded Spruce, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, and Mossy Meadow. I just decided to go with it. I believe that's called Artistic License. 

PRODUCTS USED:

* I did make this a small slimline card, 7x6, folded at 3 1/2".  This is the first slimline card I have made. I'm not really a fan of the bigger ones which I know have been very popular but this one was more pleasing to me. I will be creating more in this size in the future.

SU Papers

SU Sentiment- Itty Bitty Christmas

Trees - MFT Tiny House Die-namics, MFT Snowdrifts Die-namics

SU Fallen Snow EF

Spellbinders Long Classic Rectangles

Embellishments - SU Snowflake Sequins

White Paint for splatters, uni-ball Signo UM-153 white pen

That's about it for today's post. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Monday!

Stay Safe and Well

Bernadette

Happy Birthday to You

 

Hello everyone. I created this card today after several days of playing with what stamps to use and the color combo. Finally today it will be posted over on the CAS Colours and Sketches Challenge and Seize the Birthday. I also plan to apply for being on the CAS Colours and Sketches Design Team starting with this card's challenge colours and next week's sketch. I'll keep you posted.

The colours for the challenge proved a little thinking through on my part. The two different blues would not necessarily be a color combo I would normally choose, but it is a challenge blog so I forged ahead and went out of my comfort zone to design a card using them.

Products Used

Misty Moonlight, Crumb Cake, and Night of Navy by SU

Sentiment: MFT PI Happy Birthday to You, MFT Birthday Cake Die-namic, MFT Stitched Mini Scallop Die-namic

That's it for today. I'm creating a friendship card using leftover pieces from the card above. We will see how that goes.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Stay well and safe.

Bernadette

My Crafty Hack

Just a quick post. I was recently watching a Jennifer McGuire's YouTube video on stamping. She uses the MISTY  Stamping tool on most stamping projects and so do I. That craft tool totally has changed my attitude and comfort level with stamping images.

But I digress. She was using a tool that had foam, I believe and looked something like an eraser, but bigger and a little different shape. I didn't check on the links so I'm not sure she had what it was called or where it could be bought. Its purpose was to rub across the MISTY after you stamped on your paper and still had the stamp on to get a better impression. I know probably most of us use our sleeve to do that same thing, but some days I just do not have long sleeves on.

After I saw that video I had an Aha moment. I use a Dry Erase Board to jot down craft challenge dates and Birthday dates so I can get my cards out in a timely fashion. There on my craft desk along with the Erase Board sat the eraser I use for cleaning off the board.  So I said to myself, SELF you probably can use that to get the pressure you need getting a crisp image. I'm happy to say it worked for me! I'm not sure how long the fuzzy bottom stays fuzzy, but I will keep you posted. So that's my Crafty Hack to save some money!

Feel free to pop on here and leave a comment to let me know if you have tried this. I would love to hear from you.

Stay Well and Stay Safe

Bernadette

Christmas Cheer and some News

 

Hello all! I'm here today posting a Christmas Card that I created for CAS Christmas for October. I just came across this site and thought it would be a great idea to start my Christmas cards. I put off this task too long every year. I'm hoping this challenge blog will keep me focused.

I had just received the new die-namic from MFT, Tiny Houses and I knew I wanted to create a card using them. The problem, I needed to incorporate Christmas Birds for the challenge. I checked through my stamp stash and found these cute little Birds in MFT Better Together.  

The Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set by SU had a sentiment that I felt went with the design. I added the assembled houses, the trees, and the birds to a circle which I cut off some of the bottom to accommodate the Snow Drift. Using SU Soft Sky ink and a blender brush to add some "sky" to the project then added some Snowflake Sequins by SU.

This die-namics set by MFT was a breeze to assemble so the card went together fairly quickly. I colored the birds with my Prismacolor Pencils and the inner panel was given some texture by using the Subltes EF.

On a side note, my card over at CASColours&Sketches was chosen as a weekly winner with 2 other crafty ladies. Thank you ladies for choosing my card! It's always nice to be recognized by your peers.

That's it for today. I have my craft desk to tidy up so I can work on another card. 

Stay well and Stay Safe

Bernadette